Two individuals lost their lives and a third sustained serious injuries in a harrowing collision on Saturday afternoon in Milton. According to official reports, the accident occurred shortly before 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Randolph Avenue and Hillside Street and involved a head-on collision between a Mercedes-Benz GLB 250 and a Toyota Corolla. A third vehicle was also struck by debris from the crash—a tragic event detailed in reports from NBC Boston and CBS News Boston.
Detailing the casualties, authorities revealed a 71-year-old woman who commanded the Toyota and her 39-year-old male companion were confirmed deceased following the crash, while the 47-year-old Mercedes driver was rushed to a Boston trauma center with severe injuries, as both outlets reported. The names of the deceased remain withheld pending family notifications, and law enforcement has yet to articulate the precise mechanics that precipitated the Mercedes's collision with the Toyota or whether charges might be forthcoming.
Local residents have not hesitated to weigh in on the apparent peril Randolphe Avenue houses with its sweeping tarmac, a road also designated as Route 28, neighbors have labeled it a death trap. "As I said 30 years ago, suicide alley. You take a chance coming on this road, the police and the firefighters, my heart goes out to what they had to witness and endure," Diane Ditulio Agostino told CBS News Boston, recounting her decades-long cry for a safer street, forged in the wake of witnessing an onslaught of accidents.
Decades marked by calamity, Milton's residents watch, as the concrete beneath their feet records an anthology of metal and mourning, "I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if it's over 25 [accidents]," Agostino relayed with a solemn nod to persistence and a plea which captures, quite simply, the echo of a community's anguish - an absolute commitment to herald change to prevent future loss. She added on CBS News Boston, "If we don't get this story out that Governor Healey or whatever governor is there tomorrow doesn't do something to stop this, we will have more people passing away before our eyes," encapsulating a sentiment longing for an intervention that could reroute the path from grief to safety.
The Norfolk County District Attorney's Office, Milton Police, the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and Crime Scene Services are conducting an investigation into the incident on Randolph Avenue.
